Suggested Lesson Plans – i-Learn My Phonics – Grade 2 Semester I

WEEK 11 – GRADE 2 – LETTER R (35 minutes) PERIOD 21

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students can be able to:
 Recognize and pronounce the letter Rr and its sound correctly
 Understand, recognize and say the three Rr words
 Write the letter Rr
Topic & Resources Key Activities
Key language & Materials
Unit 5 - Lesson 1 Resources Warm-up (5 mins)
Letter Rr  i-Learn My  Greet students
Phonics Grade 2, Activity: Letter Writing Race Game
Integrated skills Pupil’s book –  Ask the students to open their notebooks.
Reading, Listening, p.22 & 23  Give the students 2 minutes to write as many Qq’s as they can.
Speaking, Writing  The winner is the student who has written the most.
Materials
Vocabulary  CD Presentation & Practice
rabbit, rocket, robot  Phonics cards 1. Listen, point and repeat. Colour (Track 28): Introduction of letter R, its sound and how
to pronounce the words beginning with Rr (7 mins)
Sight words  Use a card with letter Rr (or write on board the letter Rr) to introduce to the students the new
here, is, a lesson.
 Instruct students how to pronounce the letter name and the letter sound by saying: “This is the
letter R //. The letter R says //.”
 Repeat several times and check students’ pronunciation (letter R // and its sound //)
 Use the phonics cards with rabbit, rocket, and robot, read the words out loud and have
students repeat.
 Use gestures to help students to understand the meanings of the three words.
 Stick the cards on board and have students repeat the words chorally several times (in the
correct order and then in any order).
 Call some students to say the words out loud and correct their mistakes (if any)
 Ask the students to colour in the letters.

Activity: Act It Out Game (4 mins)

 Choose a student to come to the front of the class. Show him/her a phonics card or whisper a
word, and have student act it out
 The remaining students try to guess the correct answer.
 The first student to raise his/ her hand and answer correctly will come to the front of the class
and activity continues.
Suggested Lesson Plans – i-Learn My Phonics – Grade 2 Semester I
 Give feedback

2. Listen and point. Match. (Track 29): Read the words with structure “Here is a…” (9
mins)
 Point to the rabbit card and say: Here is a rabbit!
 Have students listen and repeat.
 Have students look at the book and listen to the words: a rabbit, a rocket, a robot
 Have students listen and repeat the words for several times.
 Have the students to point to the corresponding item in the picture.
 Repeat with the rest of the items in random order.
 Ask the students to look at the missing puzzle pieces and match them to the actual pieces.
 Go around the classroom asking students to name the items they are matching.
E.g: Teacher: (pointing to the rabbit) Here is a………
Student: Rabbit!

3. Chant and show! (Track 30) (5 mins)

 Use the phonics cards on the board and have students sing the chant with rabbit. Do the same
with rocket and robot.
 The whole class sings the whole chant.
 Do the chant again without the CD this time, keep the rhythm by clapping your hands or
snapping your fingers.
 Give feedback

Production (5 mins)
Activity 1: Hot Cards
 Have the students sit down.
 Hand out the phonics card from the previous unit.
 Play the chant (Track 30).
 While the song is playing, the students pass the phonics card around.
 Stop the song, the student holding the phonics card must say that word.